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Calendar of Events

A programs schedule and brief descriptions are displayed below. Programs are free, unless otherwise noted, and open to the public. For more information, call 828.227.7129.

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Month & Date	Program Event	Location & Time	Details


April	Slideshow Spotlight: “Islands in the Clouds”
April 4	Appalachian Folklife Series: Telling Mountain Stories	5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Mountain Heritage Center	Cherokee stories with Nannie Taylor
April 5	Exhibit Closing Airing of the Coverlets
April 6	CLOSED University Holiday
April 22	Nature's Tracks Wildflower Walk	2:30 - 3:30 p.m. TBA	Registration required.
April 29	Presentation The Connoisseurship of Collecting: Cherokeee Baskets	2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Mountain Heritage Center	Betty Dupree Vickie Ledford
April 30	Exhibit Closing Cherokee Baskets and Their Makers
May	Slideshow Spotlight: “Corn: Milling, Tilling and Stilling ”
May 6	Arti-Facts!	2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Mountain Heritage Center	Toys! Ron Yount
May 14	Exhibit Opening Bartram's Journey	Gallery B Mountain Heritage Center
May 20	Nature's Tracks Salamanders	2:30 - 3:30 p.m. TBA	Registration required.
June	Slideshow Spotlight: “Irons in the Fire ”
June 18-21	Summer Camp Mountain Mysteries	8:30 - noon Mountain Heritage Center	For rising 4th and 5th graders.
June 26-28	Summer Camp Mini-Camp for Middle Schoolers	8:30 - noon Mountain Heritage Center	For rising 6th and 7th graders.

A brief description of program offerings

Arti-Facts! is a cultural arts program for kids that links old-time traditions of the past to the present.

Appalachian Cultural Lunchtime Series programs are offered three times a semester at the noon hour. Bring your own lunch and enjoy a pleasant hour learning more about Appalachian people and places. Co-sponsored by Ron Rash, Parris Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Cultural Studies.

Appalachian Folklife Series programs are offered during fall and spring semesters. Public presentations emphasize Appalachian themes of people and places. Co-sponsored by Dr. Ted Coyle, Associate Professor, and Dr. Thomas Hatley, Sequoyah Distinguished Professor of Cherokee Studies, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences.

Crafts At the Center is a series of demonstrations and hands-on activities by regional artists.

Old Time Music and Bluegrass and Dance Jams. Musicians and dancers get together monthly to share tunes and toe tapping steps. Musical jams are held at the Mountain Heritage Center; dances in the Grand Room at Hinds University Center. Co-sponsored by the A. K. Hinds University Center.

Nature's Tracks is a natural history series for families.